diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 9d6882f..23adc2b 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 9.0.0 < 10.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 8.1.0 < 10.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs-apt",